This function checks if class compaction will free any pages. Rephrasing -- do we have enough unused objects to form at least one ZS_EMPTY page and free it. It aborts compaction if class compaction will not result in any (further) savings. EXAMPLE (this debug output is not part of this patch set): -- class size -- number of allocated objects -- number of used objects -- max objects per zspage -- pages per zspage -- estimated number of pages that will be freed [..] class-512 objs:544 inuse:540 maxobj-per-zspage:8 pages-per-zspage:1 zspages-to-free:0 ... class-512 compaction is useless. break class-496 objs:660 inuse:570 maxobj-per-zspage:33 pages-per-zspage:4 zspages-to-free:2 class-496 objs:627 inuse:570 maxobj-per-zspage:33 pages-per-zspage:4 zspages-to-free:1 class-496 objs:594 inuse:570 maxobj-per-zspage:33 pages-per-zspage:4 zspages-to-free:0 ... class-496 compaction is useless. break class-448 objs:657 inuse:617 maxobj-per-zspage:9 pages-per-zspage:1 zspages-to-free:4 class-448 objs:648 inuse:617 maxobj-per-zspage:9 pages-per-zspage:1 zspages-to-free:3 class-448 objs:639 inuse:617 maxobj-per-zspage:9 pages-per-zspage:1 zspages-to-free:2 class-448 objs:630 inuse:617 maxobj-per-zspage:9 pages-per-zspage:1 zspages-to-free:1 class-448 objs:621 inuse:617 maxobj-per-zspage:9 pages-per-zspage:1 zspages-to-free:0 ... class-448 compaction is useless. break class-432 objs:728 inuse:685 maxobj-per-zspage:28 pages-per-zspage:3 zspages-to-free:1 class-432 objs:700 inuse:685 maxobj-per-zspage:28 pages-per-zspage:3 zspages-to-free:0 ... class-432 compaction is useless. break class-416 objs:819 inuse:705 maxobj-per-zspage:39 pages-per-zspage:4 zspages-to-free:2 class-416 objs:780 inuse:705 maxobj-per-zspage:39 pages-per-zspage:4 zspages-to-free:1 class-416 objs:741 inuse:705 maxobj-per-zspage:39 pages-per-zspage:4 zspages-to-free:0 ... class-416 compaction is useless. break class-400 objs:690 inuse:674 maxobj-per-zspage:10 pages-per-zspage:1 zspages-to-free:1 class-400 objs:680 inuse:674 maxobj-per-zspage:10 pages-per-zspage:1 zspages-to-free:0 ... class-400 compaction is useless. break class-384 objs:736 inuse:709 maxobj-per-zspage:32 pages-per-zspage:3 zspages-to-free:0 ... class-384 compaction is useless. break [..] Every "compaction is useless" indicates that we saved CPU cycles. class-512 has 544 object allocated 540 objects used 8 objects per-page Even if we have a ALMOST_EMPTY zspage, we still don't have enough room to migrate all of its objects and free this zspage; so compaction will not make a lot of sense, it's better to just leave it as is. Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/zsmalloc.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c index 4b6f12e..18e10a4 100644 --- a/mm/zsmalloc.c +++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c @@ -1684,6 +1684,28 @@ static struct page *isolate_source_page(struct size_class *class) return page; } +/* + * Make sure that we actually can compact this class, + * IOW if migration will release at least one szpage. + * + * Should be called under class->lock + */ +static unsigned long zs_can_compact(struct size_class *class) +{ + /* + * Calculate how many unused allocated objects we + * have and see if we can free any zspages. Otherwise, + * compaction can just move objects back and forth w/o + * any memory gain. + */ + unsigned long obj_wasted = zs_stat_get(class, OBJ_ALLOCATED) - + zs_stat_get(class, OBJ_USED); + + obj_wasted /= get_maxobj_per_zspage(class->size, + class->pages_per_zspage); + return obj_wasted; +} + static unsigned long __zs_compact(struct zs_pool *pool, struct size_class *class) { @@ -1697,6 +1719,9 @@ static unsigned long __zs_compact(struct zs_pool *pool, BUG_ON(!is_first_page(src_page)); + if (!zs_can_compact(class)) + break; + cc.index = 0; cc.s_page = src_page; -- 2.4.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>